Five Ways to Abide in Christ My husband planted an apple tree but we’ve never eaten the apples. Back when our children were very young my husband and I lived in a beautiful two-story brick home. We loved that home. We brought three of our five children home into that house. It has a fantastic yard and a quiet street. The house was our home. One summer my husband found a company that sold apple trees and you could get…
Three Truths for Mothers of Babies Mothering lately feels like the middle of a marathon. Maybe that’s because I am in the middle of it! My kids are now in the “middle” years. We have one in elementary school, one in middle school, and two in high school. A few weeks ago, we were visiting an amusement park. As we all walked in, I noticed the stroller line. The one line where all of the parents with little kids were…
Bible Study on Moses One year ago I released my very first traditionally published book, I Didn’t Sign Up for This. The past year I’ve walked through the last chapter of this book. The last chapter is called “Stepping Into the Unknown Future.” Did you know I wrote that last chapter at my mom’s house? We were living with my parents at the time because we had just been told we had to leave the mission field. All of our…
How My Son and a ‘99 Jeep Wrangler Taught Me about Faith After coming home late from a basketball game, my husband walked into the bedroom. “I have to tell you something,” he said smiling. He sat down on the edge of the bed. “It happened while we were driving home tonight.” It had been a stormy night with gusts of powerful wind, lightning, thunder, and a downpour of rain. To add to the stress, my husband was driving a…